The NA Lancer can easily be converted to a RA Lancer externally. Though, you might want to buy an RA outright to save yourself the cost and also *gain* the AWD turbo.

Protected PartsMost of the Ralliart parts are "protected".
To purchase the main parts such as the bare bumper bars and the hood, most dealerships will request for a valid RA VIN.

This is NOT always the case but there has been sufficient reports to suggest the restriction of sales on these parts.

Intention of this ThreadThere have been countless new posts and questions asking about this. I wanted to create a one stop post to help everyone, so not only me but helpful users can direct questions here.

How this thread is organisedIn this post, I will address all the parts you will need to make the conversion from a NA to a RA Look.

Here is a front bumper bar from a NA Lancer:
Note how the white centrepiece is ONE piece with the bumper bar.

Here is the RA Front Bumper bar:

ALTOGETHER different!
The place to observe is where the front lip ends.

YOU CANNOT SIMPLY BUY THE CHROME RING. IT WON"T FIT ON.

If you've seen them on NA Lancers, they're actually a Chrome tape stuck around the grill area to make them look like the RA. It's something like this:
which you can get in any autobarn/supercheap/repco.

Yes the VRX has front pods which may make it hard for you to tell but if you look in the middle section, you can see this squarish front end while the RA curves more. So point to add, you cannot add the front pods onto a RA and neither will bodylips for a NA lancer go onto a RA.

Now before I lay on the prices, there is some good news in that there are some parts you can reuse : The screws and clips.

I will provide in due course part numbers of EVERYTHING You need to get a RA front bumper bar look and the prices:

2. Rear Bumper BarFor the rear bumper bar, the main consideration would be the muffler.
On the day you attempt to put on a RA rear bumper bar, you will find that the NA rear muffler will NO LONGER fit but it will mount for you to use.

So in truth you need to call in on an exhaust shop soon after fitting the rear bumper bar.

You will have two options:
a. Custom twin exhaust
or
b. The OEM RA rear muffler. To the best of my knowledge this is the same muffler on the rear end of an Evo X.

1571A544 Muffler Exhaust main
RRP=$379.00+
CCJ=A$325.00

If you want to go so far as to change your center pipe as well to the RA one,

1570A953 Pipe Exhaust Center
RRP=A$513+
CCJ=A$425.00

If like me someone reversed into your rear and you can get an insurance replacement of your rear bumper bar, the RA bumper bar is actually marginally cheaper than a NA bumper bar

Additionally, it's important to point out that it again comes in white, so if you have a white car, no painting is required. All other colors tough luck!

The plugs may then be adapted to work with your garage door opener as suggested by the following DIY.

as shown here:

The most appropriate switch in terms of design for the garage door would be:
MN108721 SWITCH-SONAR A$58
and if you want to replicate the cars with HIDs, then:
8610A018 SWITCH-AFS CONTROL A$42.50
or if to simulate an Evo look then:
8610A017 SWITCH-INTER COOLER WTR SPRAY A$42.50

There are also wiring loom cables under where you can tap to allow the switches to light up in the night while the head lights are on.

It would be interesting to see what VOX motorsports cost of the hood is.
I recall them releasing a hood with all the insulation as well. Not sure of the material it is made of though.

On a side note, thanks Ofey for this repost of a repost of a repost of a repost.
This has been mentioned umpteen times by Ofey alone. The fact the he still posts this info show how much he cares for the club.

P.S. Imagine a ralliart bumper or hood group buy HAHHAHAHAHA
I might be dreaming though

Good luck to anyone who undertakes this conversion. I understand why people do it in other markets such as Singapore where the cost of the mods (and the labour) is extremely low relative to the cost of the car, but to do this in Australia would be only for those who REALLY want to prove a point I'd say! (i.e. that they could do it)

i figured that, i was looking on this site where you can source oem part from japan, but air bags are really expensive. wouldnt recommend though cause you will have to pay shipping and an import tax or something